The Volume and Size of 5 MB memory storage in 1956. In September 1956 IBM
launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The
HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data. Now you can start
appreciating your 16 GB flash drive!

Snopes.com: Computer Storage (1956):
http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/storage.asp

Cost of Hard Drive Space:
http://www.alts.net/ns1625/winchest.html

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Comment by Brian Buckley on June 27, 2009 at 10:50am: portable

Comment by shellyelliot on January 13, 2009 at 8:23pm: WOW - it's so sleek!

Comment by BrianH on January 13, 2009 at 12:37am: How primitive. I have a Seagate 20MB drive around here somewhere that's WAY smaller than that...like, the size of a brick. Practically a flash drive compared to that.

Comment by TyphoidKitten on January 12, 2009 at 6:31pm: ...wonder what a TB would look like back then.

Comment by Edward on January 12, 2009 at 2:52pm: That must be the most robust 5 MB hard drive ever.

Comment by Andrew on January 12, 2009 at 2:23pm: that looks portable

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